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The teachings
of the Dreaming stories come under three main headings and they
are: rules for living, teachings on the natural environment and
teachings on the spiritual world.
Some Adnyamathanha Dreaming stories are as follows.
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"The Eagle and
the Crows" (Urrakurli, Wakarla and Wildu), teaches responsibility
within the kinship, the effects of jealousy and revenge, and laws regarding
marriage.
- "We
Came from the Land"
teaches how areas around the Flinders Ranges were created and the origins
of opal.
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"How the Moon got in the
Sky" teaches lessons on greed, food taboos
and marriage.
- "Mother's
Helper" teaches the importance of family.
- "The Seven
Sisters" tells
of the hibernation pattern of reptiles and the constellations in the sky.
- "The Euro
and the Kangaroo", tells how the Northern Flinders
Ranges were created, the differences between the euro and the kangaroo
and lessons on morals such as greed.
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